APS 8th Grade Trip

[Anonymous]

WHY ARE KIDS GOING TO KINGS DOMINION/FUNLAND ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY?

FFS, no wonder Americans are so stupid. They don’t pull this crap elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was anyone tracking that Kenmore decided to go with a devisive approach and sent ONLY choir and band kids to Kings Dominion today and the rest of the kids go to Funland in June? My kids classes were all do nothing classes today since most of the kids were out. How is this fair?

Doesn’t the band pay for that separately via fundraising?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WHY ARE KIDS GOING TO KINGS DOMINION/FUNLAND ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY?

FFS, no wonder Americans are so stupid. They don’t pull this crap elsewhere.

SCHOOL TRIPS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES. STOP WHINING ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING FFS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WHY ARE KIDS GOING TO KINGS DOMINION/FUNLAND ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY?

FFS, no wonder Americans are so stupid. They don’t pull this crap elsewhere.

have you heard of mental health? social emotional well being?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course PTA funds shouldn’t be spent on these issues. Ignore the troll.

I read that as one example of why the simple solution is not just sharing PTA funds amongst schools. That there are rules in place. Did not see anyone suggesting PTA fund should be used for unethical purposes. It was a lesson learned.

The larger discussion here is that it’s not easy to move PTA funds between schools to make things more equitable. We all know the reality is the more affluent schools are going to have more opportunities – and it’s very visible to even kids. There’s very little that the school board can do to address this and boundary changes is not a solution.

The suggestion given upthread was that the wealthy families at the South Arlington schools with higher poverty rates could possibly pool resources to help students go on the field trips. Not for PTAs from North Arlington to contribute.

I was the poster who mentioned how we tried to see how PTAs could share funds in Arlington. Natl PTA said no.

When was this?

We had a line item in our budget for annual CCPTA donation in our approved budget. Then the CCPTA would issue grants to various schools.

It was never an issue AFAIK but I haven’t paid attention in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wealthier families will always have a leg up on others. Let’s say (hypothetically, because it’s not going to happen) that PTAs are disbanded due to equity issues. Wealthier families will just do more enrichment outside of school — tutoring, trips, special camps, etc…

There’s no stopping it. The best thing we can do is remind everyone that it costs ZERO DOLLARS to turn off the screens and read your kid a book every once in a while.

So many crappy assumptions here.

Don’t be a dick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WHY ARE KIDS GOING TO KINGS DOMINION/FUNLAND ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY?

FFS, no wonder Americans are so stupid. They don’t pull this crap elsewhere.

They don’t? European kids go camping and going on ski trips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was anyone tracking that Kenmore decided to go with a devisive approach and sent ONLY choir and band kids to Kings Dominion today and the rest of the kids go to Funland in June? My kids classes were all do nothing classes today since most of the kids were out. How is this fair?

Doesn’t the band pay for that separately via fundraising?

Of course. School bands sell fruit or other fundraisers to go on these fun trips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was anyone tracking that Kenmore decided to go with a devisive approach and sent ONLY choir and band kids to Kings Dominion today and the rest of the kids go to Funland in June? My kids classes were all do nothing classes today since most of the kids were out. How is this fair?

Doesn’t the band pay for that separately via fundraising?

Yes. It is also part of a program. They participate in a music competition and get feedback from judges and get to go to the park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHY ARE KIDS GOING TO KINGS DOMINION/FUNLAND ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY?

FFS, no wonder Americans are so stupid. They don’t pull this crap elsewhere.

have you heard of mental health? social emotional well being?

lol… priorities! SEL more important than math 🙃

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHY ARE KIDS GOING TO KINGS DOMINION/FUNLAND ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY?

FFS, no wonder Americans are so stupid. They don’t pull this crap elsewhere.

They don’t? European kids go camping and going on ski trips.

These trips aren’t included in the instructional days. At least not where I’m from. Can’t speak for all though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course PTA funds shouldn’t be spent on these issues. Ignore the troll.

I read that as one example of why the simple solution is not just sharing PTA funds amongst schools. That there are rules in place. Did not see anyone suggesting PTA fund should be used for unethical purposes. It was a lesson learned.

The larger discussion here is that it’s not easy to move PTA funds between schools to make things more equitable. We all know the reality is the more affluent schools are going to have more opportunities – and it’s very visible to even kids. There’s very little that the school board can do to address this and boundary changes is not a solution.

The suggestion given upthread was that the wealthy families at the South Arlington schools with higher poverty rates could possibly pool resources to help students go on the field trips. Not for PTAs from North Arlington to contribute.

I was the poster who mentioned how we tried to see how PTAs could share funds in Arlington. Natl PTA said no.

When was this?

We had a line item in our budget for annual CCPTA donation in our approved budget. Then the CCPTA would issue grants to various schools.

It was never an issue AFAIK but I haven’t paid attention in recent years.

2018ish

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was anyone tracking that Kenmore decided to go with a devisive approach and sent ONLY choir and band kids to Kings Dominion today and the rest of the kids go to Funland in June? My kids classes were all do nothing classes today since most of the kids were out. How is this fair?

The Band and Chorus are competing/performing at Kings Dominion. All costs are paid for by parents/fundraising, NOT PTA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHY ARE KIDS GOING TO KINGS DOMINION/FUNLAND ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY?

FFS, no wonder Americans are so stupid. They don’t pull this crap elsewhere.

They don’t? European kids go camping and going on ski trips.

Same for kids we know in India.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WHY ARE KIDS GOING TO KINGS DOMINION/FUNLAND ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY?

FFS, no wonder Americans are so stupid. They don’t pull this crap elsewhere.

They don’t? European kids go camping and going on ski trips.

Same for kids we know in India.

I bet those kids in India don’t have mediocre grades and test scores though.